I’ve been eating a fair amount of asparagus lately as I’ve gotten tired of green beans. They’re really fast to prepare and taste pretty good just boiled with a bit of salt, pepper and light soy sauce.

Speaking of taste, I was very surprised to hear that ktang actually prefers eating the stems rather the leaves! Perhaps Safeway should consider selling asparagus halves? Sounds very win-win. Pictured below is my carefully constructed prototype.

After spending a couple of weeks recuperating from our adventure to Footscary (round 1)…I mean Footscray, we FoodSwingers gathered our courage, knee pads and gas masks to venture even further west to St Albans in our never relenting quest to find the ultimate bowl of pho that will change the world and stimulate the economy out of global recession.

This time, Snalbans greeted us with Pho Kim Long which if my Chinese/Vietnemese serves me correctly, should roughly translate to ‘Total Pho Awesomness of the Golden Dragon to make you into a real man’.

So what did we eat?

• KTang, RayZha, WiFi & Guest Starring Melissa-chan (JoHo stand in) and Paulo-dono: Pho Tai Nam which again roughly translates to ‘Total awesomness of the rare beef sliced by the claws of the Golden Dragon’.
• JenHo: Pho Dac Biet – see my translation in round 1.

What I liked:

There are a few things about this place worth mentioning:

1. This is my first time going to a pho place that didn’t have Chinese branded electronic equipment. Their TV’s were PANASONIC! But wait, they were NEW VIERA WALL MOUNTED PLASMAS. And yes, I checked the spelling and it really was Panasonic and not Wankasonic.
2. They had their menu displayed in 3 languages – Vietnamese, Chinese & English – and the English menu was decently translated…and they were even the same price! Simply amazing.
3. I swear their large size pho came in what used to be a bucket with just the handle removed.

What I didn’t liked:

Their real-branded TVs were playing Dreamworks animated kids movies.

I think Vietnamese cable TV showing outdated stars on stage doing what looks like Viet SingStar of the 60’s adds to the atmosphere of a pho place. I’m sure it would also help with their churn rate so that they get more customers in and out at record time.

Top Tip:

Loosen your belt and get two bowls.

Rating: 8.5/10 = Phogalicious definition, make them boys go loco. They want my treasure, so they get their pleasures from my photo.

The crew at Foodswings wishes JoHo a safe and awesome trip in Japan!

Happy eating!

Heard a yelling, “OI DYOU WANT BREAKFAST?”…I sleepily replied the affirmative. Next yell was, “OI IT’S READY”. I walked to the kitchen and was thus presented with the following goods:

It made for a very happy start to my day. I have an awesome brother and fellow foodie, Jono.

What a big adventure our little weekend turned out to be! The FoodSwings freedom fighters officially launched our PHO-OFF or as I like to call it our PHOFF and it all started in the land of Footscray.

Machetes poised and cars pimped up, we strolled along to Chu The (I know you just pronounced it like ‘Chu The MoFo that ate my Pho?’ but it’s not pronounced like that, and if that sentence rhymed, then you’re also pronouncing ‘Pho’ WRONG. It’s PHURR as in ‘Chu The MoFo that ate my PHUURRR’ – see, that’s much more credible.)

So what did we eat?

• JenHo + KTang: Pho Dac Biet – soup noodles with all the parts you knew about, and those that you didn’t. Tripe, brisket, rare beef slices, tendon…and then some.
• RayZha + WiFi: Pho Tai Nam – the staple soup noodles with sliced rare beef.
• JoHo: Pho NOT Tai Nam…ok so I’m not sure what the vegetarian pho is called in Vietnamese…*note, edit from JenHo required…

Pho Dac Biet

What I liked:

Like all good pho places, the meals came out onto our tables about 5 minutes before we even ordered. Maccas fast food service eat your heart out.

What I didn’t like:

Doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof…………doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof…………………….. doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof doof………….. doof doof doof doof……… doof doof doof doof [repeat from start].

Ain’t nothing like repetitive trance music to make you want to go on a shooting spree.

My top tip:

Go with someone who is familiar with eating pho or speaks and reads Vietnamese. Otherwise just order #1 on the menu. If it’s first on the menu, it’s gotta be their signature dish right? If you get bulls penis pho as a result, it’s not my fault…I told you to go with a Viet.

My Rating: Pho The Win! 7/10.

Unfortunately Chu The would’ve gotten a higher rating had it been located in a place where dogs don’t vomit on the street.

-KTang

92 Hopkins Street
Footscray
Phone 9687 8265

I was at a house warming last week. I had a big dinner prior to this party. But out came the chips. They were pretty badly burnt, but still….edible-ish. I think I cleaned up half the bowl (to balance this I cleaned up the carrot sticks cucumber pieces and celery sticks).

When I was growing up, I wasn’t allowed to eat chips, chocolate or lollies because my mum said that it might inflame my bronchitis.

You should see me at staff meetings now…

-WiFi

PS. Also, I thought the video was funny because I can just imagine KTang stuffing her face with cake (even though she’s more of a savoury person)

I ordered a Chicken Parmigiana from The Oxford Scholar yesterday and I swear the chicken was in the shape of a heart…

But workmates there said, that’s just what the shape of a cut chicken breast.

-WiFi